kendall county board agenda adjourned september meeting

To: Kendall County Board
From: Kendall County Office of Solid Waste Management
Subject: March 2010 Solid Waste Program Activity ReDort
The following unexhausted list of Solid Waste Program activities were performed during
the month of March 2010.
• The Kendall County Board approved the 5-year update to the County’s Solid
Waste Plan on March 08, 2010. The plan was submitted to the IEPA on
March 19, 2010.
• Five waste hauling companies are presently licensed to collect residential
waste on a weekly basis. Annual licensing fees collected for 2010 total
$1,525. The 5 licensed waste haulers collected over 84% of the waste in
2009. The following waste haulers are listed in order of volume collected
(from highest to lowest): Groot Industries, Allied Waste, Veolia
Environmental Services, Complete Sanitation and Waste Management.
• Marlin Hartman appeared on WAUR Channel 30’s “Fox Valley Today” on
March 16, 2010 to address the County’s freshly updated Solid Waste Plan.
During the show, Marlin discussed the importance and merits of electronic
recycling, yard waste mulching and composting, and overall efforts needed to
achieve the County’s newly established recycling goal of 45% (currently
reaching 38°o).
• Waste hauler and recycler reports have been received and tabulated for the
year 2009. The following is key information (*2008 data):
o 98,600 tons of waste were collected (*85,800 tons)
o 32,300 tons were recycled or composted, 37.68% (*37.93%).
o Seventeen (17) waste hauling and recycling companies reported
quantities in 2009.
o Our waste stream: residential 49% (*57%), commercial 36% (*16%)
Construction and Demolition 15% (*26%).
o Commercial waste increased from 13,000 tons to 34,000 tons and
C&D decreased from 20,500 to 14,000 tons.
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Marlin Hartman, Solid Waste Coordinator Steve Curatti, Environmental Health
Director
cc: Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director/Public Health Administrator
Board of Health